William hume logan



(N0 ModeM' W. H. LOGAN.

LUGGAGE CARRIER FOR BIGYGLES.

No. 595,185. Patented Dec. 7, 1897.

UNTTEE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAIWI HUME LOGAN, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE DOIVWIRE IVORKS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

LUGGAGE-CARRIER FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 595,185, dated December7, 1897.

Application filed January 27, 1896. Serial No- 577,054. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HUME LOGAN, of Louisville, in the county ofJefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Luggage-Oarriers for Bicycles; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to' which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in luggage-carriers orchildrens seats for bicycles or similar vehicles used for carryingvarious articles or children.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this charactersimple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and composed of a minimumnumber of parts.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and incombinations and arrangements of parts more fully described hereinafterand particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation ofa carrier, showing the position which it assumes upon being attached toa bicycle. Fig. 2 is a perspective View representing the carrier inposition. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the position of child uponcarrier in use.

Like letters of reference indicate the same parts throughout thedifferent views.

In the accompanying drawings a part of the framework of an ordinarybicycle is shown.

j indicates the carrier, formed in the shape of a fender and having itsfront end raised to a semi-inverted position. Side bars or supports 3''are connected to the bottom of the carrier at its front lower end andextend up and are fastened at j near the upper front body portionthereof. The cross-barj connects the wirework of the said body portionand acts as a brace for the entire upper part of the wirework. 9' is themain outer brace-wire, fastened at its front end to the bar j and curvedin such away as to conform to the shape of the frame proper and havingits free upper end a bent over to embrace the handle-bar e. The carrierj is then allowed to swing down into its normal position, as shown inFig. 2, and the spring-arms b b are brought around on each side of thehandle-bar and spring around the vertical post f directly below thehandle-bar coupling or sleeve.

Located on the under side of the body of the carrier arerearwardly-eXtending arms it, having their outer free ends curved underand then outward to form a clamp to embrace and extend under thehead-cone Z and above the crown-piece g of the bicycle and between theforks i. The rods 0 d are attached to carrier j at a point a sufficientdistance from said rods as to allow the clampin g-arms to springvertically, thereby increasing or decreasing the distance between saidrods 0 d and the hooks a-and enabling the complete carrier to beadjusted to any of the different forms of cycles.

L are a series of side braces extendingfrom the lower outer edges of thedepressed portion of the seat and connected at theirupper portions tothe side bars or braces.

The device is very simple and cheap in construction, easily attached toany of the wellknown forms of cycles now in use, and one that is easilyadjusted to any desired height or position, and preferably made of wire.

It is evident that various slight changes might be made in the forms,constructions, and arrangements of the parts described without departingfrom the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limitmyself to the exact construction herein set forth, but consider myselfentitled to all such changes as fall within the spirit and scope of myinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A carrier for bicycles consisting of a bodyseat and foot-rest composedof wire-netting having outer wires conforming to the curvature of thecarrier and hooked to the handle bar, side Wires extending from thefoot-rest I In testimony that I c1ai1n,the foregoing as to the top ofthe outer Wiresand attached my own I affix my signature in presence oftheret0,centra1 spring-arms clamping the vertwo Witnesses.

ticai post, and arms extending over the top \VILLIAM HUME LOGAN. 5 andunderneath the fork-crown clamping the WVitnesses:

same, said arms being attached to the bodyof JOHN P. FULTs, J12,

the carrier, as set forth. G. W". SHIELDS.

